Opinion

If you’ve ever lived in Westlock County, worked for the county, served as a councillor or even attended county meetings on a regular basis, you know that roads never cease being a problem.

Well folks, it is finally open. The long-awaited multi-million dollar Barrhead Regional Aquatics Centre celebrated its grand opening this week with speeches from Westlock-Morinville-Barrhead MLA Glenn van Dijken, Town of Barrhead mayor Gerry St.

How ready are you if a natural disaster or other calamity were to hit Barrhead? It is a question I found myself asking as I passed through what seems to be countless wild fires that are raging in British Columbia right now.

Dear Editor, Should we keep prayer private and maximize public school resources for a worldly education? The answer is yes. The Lord’s Prayer is not needed in school.

Dear Editor, Did the politicians get it wrong as to the cause of Carbon 14 increasing in the atmosphere? I have said it from the start, the evidence aligns with cyclic global activity.

The County of Barrhead has to hire a consultant from a provincially approved list of certified individuals to go through the safety audit process. And councillors are not happy about it.

Pembina Hills Public Schools (PHPS) trustees and school administrators are going to have to make some tough choices in the coming months. Late last month, trustees approved a budget that will see them going into the hole.

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Jasper Mountain Spirit team in the Athabasca River Canoe Brigade, I would like to give a big thank you to the town of Fort Assiniboine and the County of Barrhead for the amazing welcome all the brigaders received at Fort

To the Editor: Does Pembina Hills Public Schools board of trustees care about the community that elected them and which they serve? I don’t think so! Despite declining student enrolment across the region, the top two positions of the board — the chai

Of all the gripes we get, some valid, others trivial, the one that tends to be repeated most often by town taxpayers is: “Why are my taxes so high?” It’s a good question. The simple answer appears to be revenue, or more specifically a lack thereof.